The fire at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant located, but not yet extinguished – BBC Russian

• 29 April 2015

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Fire in the exclusion zone near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is localized, but not yet extinguished, announced the Ukrainian authorities. According to official reports, the radiation situation in Kiev and the Kiev region does not exceed the standard indicators.

The basic version of the fire near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant are arson and careless handling of fire, said the acting head of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine Zorian Shkiryak.

According to him, the spread of fire in the direction of power is stopped, and the radiation background is normal.

Earlier, Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov has suggested that the fire resulted from arson.

Prime Minister Yatsenyuk helicopter flew over the fire area and suggested that it could be the cause Arson

A forest fire near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant – in villages Buryakovka, ore-Ilinetsky, Glinka, Lubyanka Ivankov district – started at noon on Tuesday, April 28th. The fire is localized in the Night Wednesday.

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Prime Minister Yatsenyuk called the biggest fire in the zone of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant since 1992. “The situation is under control, until the station is about 20 kilometers, “- said Ukrainian Prime Minister.

According Zorian Shkiryak, the main sources of fire” was able to beat “with the aircraft.

Ukrainian authorities: the spread of fire is stopped, the radiation background is normal

At the site of the fire with more than 300 rescuers and 50 pieces of equipment, said the State Service for Emergency Situations of Ukraine.

“We have a catastrophic situation with the technique, if you want to be in Ukraine at least 12 helicopters for emergency services, and we have two of them … “- said Yatsenyuk, flown by helicopter fire zone.